A two step method for accelerated mass propagation of Dendrocalamus asper and their evaluation in field.

An accelerated protocol for large-scale propagation of Dendrocalamus asper, an edible bamboo, has been described. Seven axillary shoots were induced in vitro from each excised tender node (15-20 mm in length) containing single axillary bud when nodal segments were inoculated in semisolid Murashige and Skoog (MS) medium fortified with 5 mg/l 6-benzylaminopurine (BAP). Maximum multiple shoot formation (14) was observed when in vitro generated axillary shoots were transferred to liquid MS medium containing 5 mg/l BAP and 40 mg/l adenine sulphate.